西部地区,包括陕西、甘肃、青海、宁夏、新疆、四川、重庆、云南、贵州、西藏等省、市、区,土地面积540万平方公里。占全国土地面积的56％;西部地区目前有人口2.87亿,占全国总人口的22.998％。西部地区地广人稀,是我国主要的农业生产基地、能源基地、原材料工业基地和重工业基地,在中国国民经济建设中占有十分重要的地位。 The western regions, including Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet provinces, cities and districts, have a land area of ​​5.4 million square kilometers. Accounting for 56% of the country’s total land area; there are currently 287 million people in the western region, accounting for 22.998% of China’s total population. The sparsely populated western region is China’s major agricultural production base, energy base, raw material industrial base and heavy industry base, occupying a very important position in China’s national economic construction.